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anna · 12-11-05, 09:17 PM

£25 quid for a battery.. please let me know where you got it from ... Fowlers charged me £55!!!! (then had to buy a charger for the thing to be able to fully charge it before it goes on the bike in the morning!)

Red ones · 12-11-05, 09:17 PM

Batteries?

Speak to Baldood!

12-11-05, 09:31 PM

The battery is on the Optimiser to recharge it/top it up. It came from Incity Motorcylces in York. The bike is used daily, though probably not as much as it should be just now. Hubby's bike lives in the neighbour's garage and is used a lot less, no problems with that battery tho'. If it dies again, it will be off for a visit to Les at Incity!

12-11-05, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red ones

Batteries?

Speak to Baldood!

I think i said that.

Look up "County Battery" on Yell. They're in Sutton in Ashfield (Mansfield). Sean aka balddood works there

northwind · 13-11-05, 01:46 AM

I was just in Halfords looking for one today... My local dealers reckon they have one in stock but can't find it

. If you look at the wee Halfords "What part for your bike" thing they don't list one for the SV, but the store I was in did have the right one for the K3> in stock. They just don't know it fits.

So I'll be calling Balddood too

squirrel_hunter · 13-11-05, 02:20 AM

Mine went through batteries, normally pay £45 for them. Turned out it was the regulator that needed replacing (Thanks to Sid Squid for his 'how to check' and 21Quest for the replacment) worth giving it a look

And I hate Fowlers to!!

anna · 13-11-05, 07:59 AM

anyone any ideas of what to check for next when new fully charged battery doesnt work?

13-11-05, 08:56 AM

I've had battery problems all summer. If my bikes not ridden every other day then I have a dead battery. The alarm and immobiliser knocks the battery out very quickly.

About four weeks ago I bought a new battery... cost me £70 inc vat!!! So don't think you've been done with what you paid lol.

The lights are much brighter and the battery lasts for nearly two weeks without having the Optimate on. Only this week have I gone out to it and it's been dead.

squirrel_hunter · 13-11-05, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anna

anyone any ideas of what to check for next when new fully charged battery doesnt work?

Depends what exactly the problem is but try this to check the charging system...

http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.ph...ight=regulator

If its not starting then it could be the alarm system, if fitted or a fuse.

Does it turn over at all?

13-11-05, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anna

anyone any ideas of what to check for next when new fully charged battery doesnt work?

Sid Squid mentioned this earlier in the thread. If the battery isnt retaining its charge likely to be the rectifier gone. Which is what happened with mine. A faulty rectifier wont charge a battery when bike is being ridden and it can damage a battery too.

13-11-05, 01:46 AM	#15
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	I was just in Halfords looking for one today... My local dealers reckon they have one in stock but can't find it . If you look at the wee Halfords "What part for your bike" thing they don't list one for the SV, but the store I was in did have the right one for the K3> in stock. They just don't know it fits. So I'll be calling Balddood too __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

13-11-05, 02:20 AM	#16
squirrel_hunter Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sunny Swindon Posts: 3,579	Mine went through batteries, normally pay £45 for them. Turned out it was the regulator that needed replacing (Thanks to Sid Squid for his 'how to check' and 21Quest for the replacment) worth giving it a look And I hate Fowlers to!! __________________ "A little enthusiastic?" May I add here, GG is awesome and I think I am in love with Stretchie...he rocks my world! SH2 \| 2MA \| GROM \| YSR

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12-11-05, 09:17 PM	#11
anna Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tower Hamlets but with Shutters on the windows Posts: 1,522	£25 quid for a battery.. please let me know where you got it from ... Fowlers charged me £55!!!! (then had to buy a charger for the thing to be able to fully charge it before it goes on the bike in the morning!)

12-11-05, 09:17 PM	#12
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	Batteries? Speak to Baldood!

12-11-05, 09:31 PM	#13
Claire Guest Posts: n/a	The battery is on the Optimiser to recharge it/top it up. It came from Incity Motorcylces in York. The bike is used daily, though probably not as much as it should be just now. Hubby's bike lives in the neighbour's garage and is used a lot less, no problems with that battery tho'. If it dies again, it will be off for a visit to Les at Incity!

13-11-05, 07:59 AM	#17
anna Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tower Hamlets but with Shutters on the windows Posts: 1,522	anyone any ideas of what to check for next when new fully charged battery doesnt work?

13-11-05, 08:56 AM	#18
Fruity Guest Posts: n/a	I've had battery problems all summer. If my bikes not ridden every other day then I have a dead battery. The alarm and immobiliser knocks the battery out very quickly. About four weeks ago I bought a new battery... cost me £70 inc vat!!! So don't think you've been done with what you paid lol. The lights are much brighter and the battery lasts for nearly two weeks without having the Optimate on. Only this week have I gone out to it and it's been dead.